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Officers representing the Departments of Statistics in both Nevis and St. Kitts attended a four-day Statistics Communication and Advocacy Workshop at the National ICT Centre in St. Kitts to better equipped to effectively execute their duties in the 2021 census as it relates to data collection, evaluation and dissemination in the Federation by editor-cs.

“I think it is a very important workshop. This workshop starts our activities geared towards the 2021 Census,” Carlton Phipps, Director of Department of Statistics in St. Kitts, said in his welcoming remarks. “As a part of getting the cooperation of households so that we have good results, we must develop a proper communication strategy,” he added, noting that the tools and skills acquired during the workshop would assist not only getting the cooperation of citizens, but also in policy planning and decision-making

Loverly Anthony, Statistical Development Officer at the OECS Commission and Workshop Facilitator, shared similar sentiments, saying the workshop, which ran from Oct. 8-11, was vital for several aspects of statistics would be discussed...

The workshop was organized by the Department of Statistics in collaboration with the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission.
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Source: The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer